Corporate History

Watson Realty Corp. was a longtime dream of our founder, Mr. William A. Watson, Jr., starting in his early days as a real estate and insurance student at Stetson University. After a few years of working as a partner in a real estate firm, he decided it was time to open his own company. Shortly thereafter, with help and sacrifice from his wife Janelle, Mr. Watson opened Watson Realty Corp. (originally operating as the William A. Watson Corporation for the first few years of business) as a single-storefront company on December 16th, 1965.

From these humble beginnings, Watson would continue to rapidly grow into one of Northeast Florida’s most trusted real estate companies thanks to Mr. Watson’s founding principles of strong, ethical leadership and salesmanship and the desire to deliver legendary quality service to customers.

2017

Watson announces its merger with All Florida Realty, extending its footprint further south into cities like Melbourne, Port St. Lucie, Vero Beach, and Port Charlotte.